Mormons in Paris : polygamy on the French stage, 1874-1892 /

Mormons in Paris : polygamy on the French stage, 1874-1892 /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Lewisberg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2021]
Description:	v, 415 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Scènes francophones : studies in French and Francophone theater Scènes francophones.
Subject:	French drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English. French drama -- 19th century -- Translations into English. Mormons in literature. Polygamy in literature. French drama. French drama (Comedy) Mormons in literature. Polygamy in literature. Drama. Translations. Drama.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12392415

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Other uniform titles:	Cropper, Corry, Flood, Christopher M., 1975- Leroy, Louis, 1812-1885. Mormons à Paris. English. Mars, Antony, 1862-1915. Douze femmes de Japhet. English. Bernède, Arthur, 1871-1937. Bijou de Stéphana. English. Berthelier chez les mormonnes. English.
ISBN:	9781684482368 1684482364 9781684482375 1684482372 9781684482382 9781684482399 9781684482405
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In the late nineteenth century, numerous French plays, novels, cartoons, and works of art focused on Mormons. Unlike American authors who portrayed Mormons as malevolent "others," however, French dramatists used Mormonism to point out hypocrisy in their own culture. Aren't Mormon women, because of their numbers in a household, more liberated than French women who can't divorce? What is polygamy but another name for multiple mistresses? This new critical edition presents translations of four musical comedies staged or published in France in the late 1800s: Mormons in Paris (1874), Berthelier Meets the Mormons (1875), Japheth's Twelve Wives (1890), and Stephana's Jewel (1892). Each is accompanied by a short contextualizing introduction with details about the music, playwrights, and staging. Humorous and largely unknown, these plays use Mormonism to explore and mock changing French mentalities during the Third Republic, lampooning shifting attitudes and evolving laws about marriage, divorce, and gender roles"--
Other form:	Online version: Mormons in Paris. First edition. Lewisberg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2020] 9781684482382

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